OOUNTY COUNCILS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19898, 16 March 1920, Page 3

OOUNTY COUNCILS.

T , WAIPARA. Coiirtv T nthl> i m - eUn 2 Of the TVaipara sent rnn 011 -!? 1 WSS ° n Saturday; pre-smt-Councillors K. Kvans (chairman) A £ ZTot\i Campbell an * 0.7^: camVlfm rep ° r L ted that wor k bad been Griinf W1 I 0” hj ° t main Gleamark Road. be " a put 1,1 ‘be Weka Creek to at tho end of ti^,^ ek bnd = P - T bß Stonyhurst ! ccn abmgied and repairs car- j ned out on the roads on Mason's Flat. lirer orr rr? Oadel l- e "’ aa receivecl from the of- i distriri fT tbe Canterbury militarv ! 1 p ’ ng u hat 150 machine-guns capj J . Canterbury units were to be disdeo Hlri d i thr °’ I£ho,,t '. tbe imoviuce. It was dee ded to matte application for seven guns. hir George Clifford wrote asking for improvements to the Blue Cutting on the Stonyburst Road and for the fords to be bridged, where they could not be avoided bj deviation. It was resolved to take the matter into consideration when preparing the coming year’s estimates, It was decided tb donate the sum of £3O to_lhe Canterbury Progress League. the Canterbury Automobile Association v.rote asking for permission to erect notice boards at (he Hainan River bridge. The request was granted. b Mr B. Hoban wrote asking that the road on the Waikan Flat leading to his residence be formed. It was decided to inspect o'.v.- , roadi ! on f* lo fiot on Saturday, the inn inst., when (he whole matter would be gone into. The Minister of Lands wrote asking what tne county was prepared to contribute towarcis a road to open up the Lakes country. the clerk was instructed to reply that since the chairman’s conversation with the Minister the whole aspect of the Lakes Eeclums had changed, and as the Government had now leased the land to returned soldiers, it was their duty to put a road in so as to give reasonable access to the land Accounts amounting to £2831 were passed for payment. ~ ppocial meeting was held at noon on . turdav for- the purpose of making by special order provision to raise a loan of £IBOO . doctor’s residence, and a, loan of -2aoo for workers’ dwellings. Further, to amend the motor traffic by-law, 1013 R]lc i to provide speed limits on the Cheviot Road at the dangerous corners and cuttings. Also to make a heavy traffic by-law -which will restrict the weight of loads according to the • width of, tyre.